Let’s change consumption culture by sharing stories from around the world about living a more resource-efficient lifestyle. Home of the No-Waste Lifestyle. The No-Waste Lifestyle consists of eight steps: Reduce Reuse Refill, Less but better stuff, Durable not disposable, Get the Last Drop Use Products Up Completely, Make Products Last Longer, Repair and Repurpose, Respect Food, Share Rather than Own, Live Smarter Smaller and Closer, Live Simply, Live More Efficiently and Recycle or Compost and Influence Others.

Share, Swap, Borrow, Donate and Gift are strategies for the sharing economy for living more resource-efficiently, living better, saving money and building community.

WeHateToWaste is a global platform for individuals who are passionate about living a more resource efficient lifestyle, preventing waste, conserving saving natural resources like water, energy, fuel and food, and getting the most from the products we buy.

The site is a project of J. Ottman Consulting, New York City, pioneers and leaders in green marketing and sustainable consumption. It was founded by Jacquie Ottman, Jacquelyn Ottman, an internationally recognized expert in green marketing and author of The New Rules of Green Marketing: Strategies, Tools and Inspiration for Sustainable Branding (Berrett-Koehler, 2011)

If Trash Could Talk contains 60 poems, stories and musings about trash, waste and wastefulness. Written by Jacquie Ottman to amuse, delight, provoke and inspire a new consumer culture, especially in her hometown of New York City.

Think there's too much waste and wastefulness in the world? Jacquie Ottman offers four strategies for creating a new consumer culture. It fights waste, climate change and addresses the significant trash woes in her hometown of New York City.

Looking for innovative ideas to promote sharing, circular economy and local sustainability? Check out Naboskab — "Neighborhood Closet" in Danish — and learn about their three community closets that promote reuse and sharing, while also saving money, space, and the environment.

What does it take to help New Yorkers to repair, fix, mend, repurpose, refurbish and reuse more? The Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board (M SWAB) will soon find out, when they start to award the first round of their Reuse and Repair Grants in later this year.